Anxiety? Not sure what for sure

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I stopped taking Metatoprolol (beta blocker) a week ago. Healthwise, things are all good. I have been having serious tension in the chest and a feel like I'm all uptight. I am very snippy in that I can't deal with conflict and I want to take the head off of most people around me. This is very unusual as growing up I was very calm and nothing rocked my boat. While using beta blockers these past 10 years, still the same thing.

The only thing I can attribute this very strange reaction to is stopping the beta blocker. I get tense in public...grocery store...talking to others...it's very strange.

I really feel out of my skin. Is this a side affect of leaving beta blockers that will subside? I'll schedule some time with the doc this week, but curious if others have noticed similar effects.
 
Sorry,I'm not really familiar with beta blockers.But I think going off of anything you have been on for such a long time may have this sort of effect until you adjust to being without it.
I feel the same way when I come off of antidepressants. I feel like I just can't cope and I just don't want to be around anyone.
Your body has to readjust it's chemicals and it can take a while to feel "normal" again.
I think feeling irritable is just another part of anxiety though.So perhaps you are just feeling it again without the beta blockers.
 
Appreciate the thoughts. I tend to feel you are absolutely correct. The body is adjusting. Today was great with no problems, yesterday was a good day. It's been nearly two weeks and it went from fine when stopping to 3 days later having these feelings of tension/anxiety. The doc said beta blockers actually block blood vessel receptors and the body put's more receptors out in response....and there are way more right now than I need and the beta blockers aren't stopping them. He recommended trying to work through it for another three weeks and see if it all comes together.

My guess right now is that this is normal for leaving the beta blockers. Just can't find much on what happens when leaving beta blockers other than the really bad stuff like irregular heart beats or death. The comments and articles that make sure you taper down the dose rather than stopping all together.

I was on beta blockers for blook pressure and PVC's. I've figured out what drives my PVC's so I stayed on for blood pressure anyway. With the loss of weight, it looks like I don't need blood pressure control.

What really caused me concern is that I've never had anxiety of any kind, before or during taking beta blockers, so it was really strange.

Anway, thanks and best of luck to you as well.
 
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